Daily Archive: Saturday, August 4, 2018

CARACAS (Reuters) – At least one explosion rocked a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech today and the government said it was a failed assassination attempt involving drones carrying explosives.

(Trinidad Guardian) One of South Trinidad’s most wanted killers has been caught by police following a massive operation in the Southern Division yesterday.

President David Granger, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey (fourth, from left), Minister of Social Cohesion Dr.

Jason De Florimonte, age 30, a driver of Lot 96 Fifth Avenue, Subryanville, Kitty was gunned down this morning at 1.45 after attacking his girlfriend at the Tourist Villa Hotel and Bar located at Lot 95 Fifth Avenue, Subryanville.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Deonarine also known as Russian, 73, a farmer of Grant Maria’s Delight,lower Pomeroon River,which occurred about 6.30 pm yesterday by a masked male who is currently being sought.

Women have been placed at the centre of a new initiative to conserve this country’s forests and at least two in hinterland communities have highlighted that outsiders are responsible for irresponsible practices.

The police are investigating an attempted breakout by two murder accused inmates at the Lusignan Prison, on the East Coast of Demerara.

Police have revoked the precept issued to one of the security guards who was involved in the altercation with Junior Natural Resources Minister Simona Broomes early last month at the Amazonia Mall, at Providence, and have ordered the security firm to which he is attached to not allow him to use a firearm.

Four men and a 15-year-old lad were charged on Thursday after they were allegedly caught with guns, ammunition and dried cannabis near a cannabis farm on Wednesday at Canje Creek, Berbice.

With a key international aviation conference set to be hosted here in November, organisers are trying to mobilise sponsorship to cover the estimated $100 million cost for what could be a major showcase for Guyana. 

The Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) has recorded an increase in revenues of over $200 million for the first six months of this year as compared to last year, despite an estimate of over 1,000 customers still owing the utility over $100,000 each.

President David Granger on Thursday signalled that long awaited dialogue between the governing coalition and the opposition will likely take place only when Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is ready.

ExxonMobil will be fuelling the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) Franchise as they begin their 2018 HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title hunt.

Gregory Frank, the Kuru Kururu man who was found dead in his home on Thursday morning, died from asphyxiation due to a compression injury to the neck, compounded by blunt trauma to the head, an autopsy found yesterday.

All roads will lead to the National Stadium, Providence tonight, for the historic Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Championship finale, as Linden invades Georgetown to revive an age old sporting rivalry.

Police in Region Ten have launched a hunt for suspects in the break in at the Wismar Post Office that resulted in a fire, Commander of ‘E’ Division Superintendent of Police Anthony Vanderhyden said yesterday.

The police continued their search yesterday for the man accused of gunning down Timehri youth Ronsley Clarke on Thurs-day evening at a birthday gathering in Sophia, Greater Georgetown.

 Guyana’s national rugby team, the Green Machine, ended their campaign at the Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games in sixth position on Thursday.

New Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) President Justice Adrian Saunders has urged local businesses to utilise the provisions outlined in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC) to seek relief from the court for any prejudice experienced at the hands of CARICOM member states.

Controversy reigned at the National Gymnasium on Thursday as Sparta Boss defeated Leopold Street 3-2 on penalty kicks in the semi-final round of the GT-Beer ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal championships.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged yesterday to provide nearly $300 million in new security funding for Southeast Asia, as China forges ahead with plans to bolster its engagement in the region.

(Barbados Nation) Ross University of Medicine is making the move from Dominica to Barbados.

A New Amsterdam man, who was on trial for the rape of 17-year-old disabled girl, was found guilty at the High Court in Berbice yesterday.

Dear Editor, The learned authors of Erskine May, Parliamentary Practice, 12th Edition posit thus: “The chief characteristics attaching to the office of Speaker in the House of Com-mons are authority and impartiality….

BIRMINGHAM, (Reuters) – Captain Virat Kohli stroked an unbeaten 43 as he steered India to 110 for five at the end of the third day yesterday, leaving the visitors needing another 84 runs to win the first test against England.

Dear Editor, Legal historians will tell us that in the British Colony of then British Guiana, on the 21st August 1843 there was an etymological change from “Town” to “City”: Georgetown the Town became George-town the City.

 (Reuters) – Two of Mother Nature’s most potentially devastating forces – a major hurricane and an erupting volcano – appear headed for a close encounter on Hawaii’s Big Island next week, weather forecasters said yesterday.

A Plaisance youth is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with trying to kill a man with whom he had an argument over $100.

LONDON, CMC – Barbadian fast-bowler Jofra Archer claimed a superb hat-trick to lead Sussex to a thrilling 12-run victory over Middlesex in the Vitality Blast South Group match at Lord’s on Thursday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration must fully restore a program that protects from deportation some young immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children, including accepting new applications for the program.

BEIJING/SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – China proposed retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S.

The government used its parliamentary majority to pass a bill to address the welfare of all animals on Monday even as members of the opposition maintained that it was premature and in need of much broader consultation.

(Barbados Nation) Charles Herbert resigned as head of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) during a meeting yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, I see Dr Mark Bynoe has returned to continue his contribution to nation building.

Eighteen-year-old gospel/conscious artiste Christopher Nelson has made his way into the music industry with the debut of his single “Do My Best”, which was released on social media two Wednesdays ago.

ASABA, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Caster Semenya won the women’s 400 metres in a South African record time of 49.96 seconds, while Nijel Amos of Botswana retained his 800m title by beating Kenya’s Emmanuel Korir at the African Championships yesterday.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has spent over $25 million to rehabilitate more than 600 fire hydrants around the city, Managing Director of the company Dr.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba announced yesterday that its citizens living abroad could participate in a public debate over planned changes to its 1976 constitution, a first for the communist-run country that for many years has excluded emigrants from domestic politics.

Dinar Trading is the latest organization to throw its support behind the New Era organized Futsal tournament underway in the Mining Town of Linden.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Former Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad will be the Brazilian leftist Workers Party’s presidential candidate if jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is barred from running in the October vote, a party source said yesterday.

Hi Everyone, You’ve most likely have had Chicken-foot Souse, but have you ever eaten pickled chicken breast?

Dear Editor, Words are not enough to express gratitude to Sister Admirabilis Browne who has passed on to her heavenly abode.

Kevin Sinclair’s 4-19 rattled the Leeward Islands who fell for  116 allowing Guyana to take control of the first day of the first round of the Cricket West Indies Regional U19 three day encounter in  St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday.

HARARE, (Reuters) – President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged Zimbabweans to unite yesterday after he was declared the first elected head of state since Robert Mugabe’s removal from power, but the opposition leader insisted he had won and pledged to challenge the result.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s main prosecutor’s office said yesterday it has reached a deal with its Brazilian counterpart to use testimony reached through plea bargains in the “Operation Car Wash” corruption case in local graft investigations.

We may think that the current obsession of having our brows look a certain way is peculiar only to this era, but it isn’t.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has received an additional US$4.5 million from Panamanian authorities to make payments owed to local rice millers, General Manager Nizam Hassan has said.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News July 24, 2016 article, titled `Dr.

A dredge owner was yesterday fined $100,000 for stealing a $10 million wash plant.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Summarised scores from the first day of the opening round of matches in the CWI Regional Under-19 Championship here yesterday: Scores: At Sion Hill: Rain ended play prematurely.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados economy continues to under-perform, contracting by 0.6 per cent in the first six months of this year.

The Miss Guyana Princess Pageant is set to hit the stage for the second time bringing to the spotlight eight gorgeous little princesses, one of whom will walk away with the coveted crown and title.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.,  (Reuters) – An accountant for U.S. President Donald Trump’s one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort admitted in trial testimony yesterday that she helped backdate documents and falsify financial records at Manafort and his business partner’s request to reduce his tax burden and help him qualify for loans.

Dear Editor, The following is a response to enquiries about pensionable age as recommended by the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is urging members of the public against providing any information to callers who are pretending to be from the Commission and are requesting personal information.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Democratic National Committee warned party candidates running in November elections not to use devices made by Chinese telecommunications companies ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies because they pose a security risk, a Democratic source said yesterday.

Earlier this week Apple became a trillion dollar company, an estimate close to the combined value of America’s ‘big four’ banks, and the single highest valuation for a company in history.

Some 35 boxing cards are scheduled for the third Pepsi/Michael Parris boxing tournament which is set to take place at the Andrew `Sixhead’ Lewis Boxing Gym, Albouystown today and tomorrow.

The trailer for Blindspotting does a poor job of suggesting the best of the movie’s nuances.

(Reuters) – The Trump administration has rescinded an Obama-era ban on the use of pesticides linked to declining bee populations and the cultivation of genetically modified crops in dozens of national wildlife refuges where farming is permitted.

Dear Editor, Sometime ago I heard in the news that the oldest bread was discovered in Jordan.